There have been some rumblings that Luongo could be "Tort's Guy", although its all clearly conjecture at this point.

However, if Gillis truly believes that there is a 2-3 year window to win with this group I would have no problems keeping Lu around to take the majority of the starts and bring another young goalie in to mentor under him (Eriksson or Lack). Especially if we could get a nice package of assets back for 35.

$lacker wrote:There have been some rumblings that Luongo could be "Tort's Guy", although its all clearly conjecture at this point.

However, if Gillis truly believes that there is a 2-3 year window to win with this group I would have no problems keeping Lu around to take the majority of the starts and bring another young goalie in to mentor under him (Eriksson or Lack). Especially if we could get a nice package of assets back for 35.

Rumblings from where? The only thing I've seen are posts from people on message boards suggesting this could be the case, but nothing from any credible sources.

Vader wrote:Keep Luongo. Let him refuse to report then we can suspend him. Problem solved

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Luongo will count against the cap because his contract is greater than 7 years in length regardless if he plays or not

If Luongo refuses to report because he is demanding a trade he can be suspended. A suspended players cap does not count against the cap. His full cap hit does not apply if he signed the contract before age 35, it is the new cap recapture clause that applies and it is split between any team having the advantage of the lower cap in some strange pro rated way. In fact it could be worse for us.

But all of this aside he won't fail to report, he won't be suspended and he won't be bought out, this year. I think MG is stubborn enough to keep him one more year fi he has to and buy out Ballard and keep Booth on LTIR for as long as possible.

Hockey Widow wrote:[I think MG is stubborn enough to keep him one more year fi he has to and buy out Ballard and keep Booth on LTIR for as long as possible.

There is no way Gillis is going to go through a full season of what the team went through last year. He tried to give him away at the deadline and he'll trade him for a song if that's all he's offered.

Cowards die a thousand times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

Philly Buys Out Bryzgalov (E5), Luongo to Flyers (E4)June 25, 2013, 1:59 PM ET [348 Comments] Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email Share on print More Sharing Services 14 EklundRSS • Archive • CONTACTTo the surprise of no one, the Flyers have bought out Ilya Bryzgalov. From what I've been hearing today, it looks like Philly may have a plan underway to acquire Roberto Luongo -- not by trade.

More to come...

How the fuck is Philly going to land Lou without trading for him. Unless GMMG is planning a buy out?

Philly Buys Out Bryzgalov (E5), Luongo to Flyers (E4)June 25, 2013, 1:59 PM ET [348 Comments] Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email Share on print More Sharing Services 14 EklundRSS • Archive • CONTACTTo the surprise of no one, the Flyers have bought out Ilya Bryzgalov. From what I've been hearing today, it looks like Philly may have a plan underway to acquire Roberto Luongo -- not by trade.

More to come...

How the fuck is Philly going to land Lou without trading for him. Unless GMMG is planning a buy out?

Yeah, that's one way to get around the big contract buy him out trade something back allow the Philly Steaks to sign at a reduced price...viola....everybody is happy...except Dave (Nonuts )

Philly Buys Out Bryzgalov (E5), Luongo to Flyers (E4)June 25, 2013, 1:59 PM ET [348 Comments] Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email Share on print More Sharing Services 14 EklundRSS • Archive • CONTACTTo the surprise of no one, the Flyers have bought out Ilya Bryzgalov. From what I've been hearing today, it looks like Philly may have a plan underway to acquire Roberto Luongo -- not by trade.

More to come...

How the fuck is Philly going to land Lou without trading for him. Unless GMMG is planning a buy out?

Yeah, that's one way to get around the big contract buy him out trade something back allow the Philly Steaks to sign at a reduced price...viola....everybody is happy...except Dave (Nonuts )

ODB wrote:How the fuck is Philly going to land Lou without trading for him. Unless GMMG is planning a buy out?

Why do you think Eklund has to mean anything? Philly clearly must have a plan to bolster their goaltending however. We'll see what happens. If HW is right - and she often is - and Gillis might be prepared to hold onto Lu for yet ANOTHER season if the price isn't right, it really WILL be a total gong-show and distraction. This is one of the rare times I am rooting for HW to be dead wrong.